Body in back seat of car identified as San Clemente woman

A woman pronounced dead in the back seat of a car Saturday near the Rancho San Clemente Tennis & Fitness Club has been identified as Lisa Grasso, 47, of San Clemente.

Mitchell Sigal, Orange County supervising deputy coroner, said Tuesday that the Coroner's Office had not yet determined the cause of death. Sheriff's Lt. Joe Balicki said earlier that authorities do not believe Grasso died under suspicious circumstances.

The Orange County Fire Authority requested help from Orange County sheriff's deputies at 11:47 a.m. after receiving a call that a woman was unresponsive in a car in the 200 block of Avenida Vista Montana, Balicki said.

Firefighters smashed a window to enter the car, Balicki said. Grasso was pronounced dead at the scene.

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